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Twitter Goes Down Under With SMS Support for Australia

Twitter just announced they've partnered with mobile provider Telstra to provide SMS Twitter support in Australia. As is typical, receiving notifications is free, with standard text message rates applying for sending tweets via SMS.

For interested Aussies, you can enable the service by sending the text message "START" to 0198089488. Associating your phone with your Twitter account will enable all the usual Twitter text commands.

This adds Australia to the list of official countries supporting tweets via SMS: United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Indonesia, and New Zealand. Waiting for your country or carrier to be supported? Twitter's blog post says to sit tight for more announcements coming soon.

Do you make use of SMS services on Twitter? Do you have any SMS commands on your wishlist that Twitter should support?

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